Criminal Justice Resource Guide: Other Federal Government Departments

The CIA supports the President, the National Security Council, and all other departments which make US national security policy by providing foreign intelligence and conducting counterintelligence and special activities. This site provides full-text publications, bulletins, news, and reference sources.

Provided by the CIA.

The Department of Homeland Security has three primary missions; prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S., reduce the nation's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize damage from attacks or disasters. This website provides news, information for dealing with emergencies and disasters, travel information, immigration and border management, threats and protection systems, and more. Includes texts of speeches and Congressional testimony.

Formerly part of the Treasury Department, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection under Homeland Security is the main enforcement agency that protects the country's borders. Topics covered on the website include travel information, export and import statistics and reports, Federal Register notices, and more. The site further provides the searchable Cross Customs Rulings Online Search System which includes the text of 92,000 customs rulings.

The ATF, formerly part of the Treasury Department, enforces Federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives, and arson. This site provides information on ATF programs, regulations, statistics, and more. Topics covered include tobacco trafficking, alcohol labeling, firearm laws, taxes and fees, youth crime, and bomb threat detection.

The Bureau is responsible for the custody and care of Federal offenders and is responsible for over 106 institutions. Its website provides an inmate locator, a prison locator, weekly prison population data, and information on inmate programs. Also, the full-text of research reports and other publications are available.

In addition to formulating economic and tax policies, the Department of the Treasury is involved in law enforcement.

The Network was established to safeguard the financial system from financial crime, including terrorist financing, money laundering, and other illicit activity. This website provides federal notification forms and regulations, Federal Register Notices, Congressional testimony, the text of the Patriot Act, texts of reports, and regulatory guidance documents.